When posting, consider the family-friendly and non-controversial nature of the comic. If you're not sure something is OK to include, feel free to PM a moderator.

Please do your best to post legibly and coherently. If you post in a language other than English, please provide a translation. Some people have trouble seeing very bright or small text, so thanks in advance for avoiding those. Also, if you'd like to post on a topic and you're the author of its most recent reply, we ask you to use the edit button on your existing post instead of double-posting.

If you see a post or private message (PM) you think is inappropriate, or which doesn't meet these guidelines, please report it.

Occasionally, your posts may be edited or removed. Don't worry; we'll always explain why via the private message (PM) system. If you need more information about our actions, please reply to the PM you receive or post in the Rules and Moderator Discussion forum.

We're glad you're here and we'll always do our best to treat you right. In return, please don't use the public forum or private message (PM) system to do anything illegal, advertise for other Web sites or chat groups that exist solely to subvert our rules, or subject us to DDoS or other attacks.

- Diss

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Fri Nov 16, 2012 6:09 pm

Dissension

Devil Skirrl

Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:42 pmPosts: 8577Images: 0

Re: NEW Forum Rules

If you see a post that violates one of the forum rules, please submit a report rather than talking about the fact that the post is bad.

To do that, find and click on the Report button located in the lower-right corner of the first rule-breaking post. Please do not report more than one post in a single thread; anyone with moderator permissions in the appropriate forum will receive a link to the reported post in their moderator control panel and read through the entire thread from that post onward.

Once you have elected to file a report, you will be directed to a report form.

Select the most appropriate option from the drop-down box and (if necessary) enter a brief description of why you're reporting the post in the text box. If you select the radio button to be notified when your report is dealt with, you'll receive an automatically-generated e-mail which basically says "Your report is being handled by a moderator or administrator and has been closed. For more information, contact [whichever mod closed the report]."

By following this procedure, you'll help us deal with any issues that may arise while simultaneously not mini-modding. Thanks, guys!

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yes, but they're much less daunting to read. He condensed to old rules into this shorter one so as not to scare of potential forumites

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Fri Nov 16, 2012 8:10 pm

Dissension

Devil Skirrl

Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:42 pmPosts: 8577Images: 0

Re: NEW Forum Rules

Indeed. The gist is the same, nothing's changed in a major way, the old rules were just kinda presented less concisely. As Res will attest, concision is key to improving understanding and enjoyment. In fact...

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Fri Nov 16, 2012 8:17 pm

Sleet

Bringing Foxy Back

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Re: NEW Forum Rules

The only major change is it is now perfectly legal to call Dissension a stupid nut-breath.

This is uncalled for, when did i ever troll? Hmm? I just stuck to myself. all i did. i mean sure i asked a few too many questions sometimes but it's just because I got to stubbornly curious. and occasionally someone would yell at me then i would refresh the page and everything would just... disappear. and get a private message.

WELL FINE, I'M GOING. AND I'M NEVER COMING BACK.

jokingjokingjokingjokingjokingjokingjokingjokingjokingjoking

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Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:30 pm

Dissension

Devil Skirrl

Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:42 pmPosts: 8577Images: 0

Re: Forum Rules - Updated Friday, May 17th

Hey, guys, this is just a tiny, tiny revision, pertaining only to the third bullet point. The change is indicated below, in addition to being updated in this thread's first post.

In the last version, I Wrote:

Please post intelligently and coherently; we communicate entirely via text, so it is important to minimize ambiguity. Please do not submit one-word or single-image posts or use "chat speak." You also should not double post or submit images or unbroken lines of text that "stretch" the page.

For the Update, I Wrote:

Please post intelligently and coherently; we communicate entirely via text, so it is important to minimize ambiguity. Please do not submit one-word or single-image posts that are off-topic or do not contribute to the conversation. We also ask you do not use "chat speak," double post, or submit images or unbroken lines of text that "stretch" the page.

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Fri May 17, 2013 5:16 am

Gren

Joined: Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:47 pmPosts: 1177Location: Argentina

Re: Forum Rules - Updated Friday, May 17th

For the Update, I Wrote:

Please post intelligently and coherently; we communicate entirely via text, so it is important to minimize ambiguity. Please do not submit one-word or single-image poststhat are off-topic or do not contribute to the conversation. We also ask you do not use "chat speak," double post, or submit images or unbroken lines of text that "stretch" the page.

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and it is our job as the members to make your job as hard as possible by finding loop holes in your silly silly rules

REBEL!!!! jkjkjkjkjkjk

_________________i am the one who shall fight the mods, i am the one who shall find the loop holes and hidden ways, i am the one who shall lead with the flag, i am part of the rebellion, and i am its weapon.

Please post intelligently and coherently; we communicate entirely via text, so it is important to minimize ambiguity. Please do not submit one-word or single-image poststhat are off-topic or do not contribute to the conversation. We also ask you do not use "chat speak," double post, or submit images or unbroken lines of text that "stretch" the page.

Aww, you ruin all the fun! :(

We now allow far more of those than we used to - you'll note that, in the old version, all single-image and one-word responses that were not part of a forum game were excluded.

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Fri May 17, 2013 11:21 pm

Silly Zealot

Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:48 amPosts: 1497Location: The land of the dulce de leche!

Re: NEW Forum Rules

Sleet Wrote:

The only major change is it is now perfectly legal to call Dissension a stupid nut-breath.

I calld him something worse. No, not only worse. I called him the worst!The worst thing someone could anyone else, ever.I....

........

I called him a m-moderator....I'm sorry.

GameCobra Wrote:

Just noticed this topic changed recently.As long as pregnancy fanart isn't creepy, i'm fine with it. It's meant to me to be heartwarming, and these days I would love to see some heartwarming variants.

- It's a boy!- It's a girl!- No, it's Superman!

lasthunter Wrote:

and it is our job as the members to make your job as hard as possible by finding loop holes in your silly silly rules

I KNEW they were conspiring against me!

_________________20th century fox? Given that this is the year 2015, that fox must be dead by now. Sadface! : (

I'm telling you, hyenas ARE canines too! Many biologists died to bring us this information! Why won't you honor their deaths?! What I did to their families?!

_________________i am the one who shall fight the mods, i am the one who shall find the loop holes and hidden ways, i am the one who shall lead with the flag, i am part of the rebellion, and i am its weapon.

Please post intelligently and coherently; we communicate entirely via text, so it is important to minimize ambiguity. Please do not submit one-word or single-image poststhat are off-topic or do not contribute to the conversation. We also ask you do not use "chat speak," double post, or submit images or unbroken lines of text that "stretch" the page.

Funny, I just came back to this thread to ask the exact question that was answered here

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Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:42 am

Rico

Joined: Fri May 31, 2013 5:54 amPosts: 134Location: UK

Re: Forum Rules - Updated Friday, May 17th

Dissension Wrote:

We also ask you do not use "chat speak"

Does this include the use of lol, rofl, brb, atm, etc. Or is this rule referring to the overuse of this in silly statements or practices such as replacing letters for numbers within words, e.g. N00b!!1!. Although I'm guessing this is even allowed (within reason) in a certain familiar forum game?

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Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:05 am

Arbitrary

Joined: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:33 pmPosts: 129Location: 127.0.0.1

Re: Forum Rules - Updated Friday, May 17th

Just dropping by to make sure everything is all square. Thank you for keeping the forums fun to poke around!

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Wed Jun 26, 2013 2:58 pm

hyperfox

Joined: Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:12 amPosts: 41Location: Pennsylvania

Re: Forum Rules - Updated Friday, May 17th

Just dropped by to read the new rules. They are pretty good to my point of view. Now I know for sure what I can and cannot do.

The following rule was updated; additions are indicated with bold, italicized text.

I Wrote:

Please post intelligently and coherently; we communicate entirely via text, so it is important to minimize ambiguity. If you feel the need to post in a language other than English, please provide an English translation of your comments; others should not need to visit an external Web site to understand what you're saying. Please do not submit one-word or single-image posts that are off-topic or do not contribute to the conversation. We also ask you do not use "chat speak," double post, or submit images or unbroken lines of text that "stretch" the page.

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